Spheres of Influence; The Church in American Society
America’s federal government is much bigger than it was ever intended. One of the reasons is the marginalization of Christ’s church in our society.
The Words of My Mouth
Are our thoughts, words, and deeds acceptable in God’s eyes? Or do we speak one way in public and another way in private?
The Law is Our Last Bulwark against Tyranny?
By Dan Davis and John R. “Buck” Surdu We all have witnessed the aggressive, “creative,” and putatively unethical behavior of a few of our prosecutors. At the same time, they have facilitated significant rises in violent crimes by creating novel excuses for releasing the most violent among us, all the while they were focused on …
There’s No Statute of Limitations on Stupidity
Those who know me know that I am not just Catholic in name only, but a Mass every Sunday, and occasionally attend weekday Mass as well. I have article tags for the Catholic Church and Catholic Priesthood. And the last thing I want to see are more sexual abuse cases among the priesthood revealed. Philly …
Build Back Broker
Just as North Korea is neither the people’s, nor democratic, nor a republic, Build Back Better is nothing that it claims to be. After two years we are witnessing the destruction wrought by Biden’s vision for America and it ain’t pretty.
Crime and Sacred Cows
Thanks to the Biden administration, left-wing politicians and prosecutors across America, this country is experiencing a serious increase in violent crime.
Political Parody As a Weapon Part LXXXIV
Parody As a Weapon Part LXXXIV; Alvin Bragg is challenged to put up his dukes. Last week, in Part LXXXIII, there was an attempt to hammer out a warning about justice all over the land. This week, the justice to be examined was both karmic and in a courtroom. In recent weeks, we mocked Manhattan District …
Terry Stops and 3-Strikes Laws: A Series on Better Policing
Enforcing firearms laws already on the books, coupled with Stop, Question & Frisk, along with 3 strikes laws, can rapidly bring down today’s crime stats.
The federal case against Hunter Biden just became a lot more interesting
Washington attorney Mark Lytle represents an anonymous IRS Criminal supervisory special agent who wishes to come forward as a whistleblower. On Wednesday, Lytle sent a letter to a bipartisan group of members of Congress. He wrote that his client “has been overseeing the ongoing and sensitive investigation of a high profile, controversial subject” and would …
The Death of Free Expression and Academic Freedom on College Campuses
Universities are supposed to be places where you are exposed to a broad array of ideas, philosophies, and opinions. Sadly in America, they aren’t.
The Toxic Males Among Us
“Toxic Masculinity” has apparently been around since the 1980s, and feminists have used it to explain the “irredeemable toxic masculinity of white male elites.”
The History of the Semi-Auto
There has been, understandably, a lot of talk about semi-auto firearms lately, and a lot of pixels have been spilled on the topic on both sides of the Second Amendment debate. Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of people on both sides getting a lot of basic things wrong. And in case anyone reading this is not …
In a Free Society, We Have a Duty to Protect Ourselves
Law enforcement’s inability to protect us from the thug on the street is not a response-time problem. It is a natural and necessary outcome of our governing philosophy.
DHS priorities: $3.9 billion for ‘climate resilience program’ vs $40 million to combat fentanyl crisis
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about his agency’s 2024 budget proposal on Wednesday. It did not go well. The hapless official was called out in spectacular fashion by GOP committee members who were incensed over the department’s prioritization of climate change initiatives over the very real fentanyl crisis …
Danielle Outlaw Isn’t Just Toast, But She’s Toast That Has Fallen On the Floor, Buttered Side Down.
Even though I read The Philadelphia Inquirer every day, I don’t normally do so expecting something humorous. But this time reporters Anna Orso and Chris Palmer provided some really belly laughs! Police commissioner Danielle Outlaw has unwittingly become a ‘political football.’ The mayor’s race could decide her future. If history is a guide, the next …
It’s A Cemetery, For Crying Out Loud!
Apparently it is the will of the United States Congress that, in the interests of sensitivity and inclusiveness, we go into our cemeteries, and then search for and remove items that might offend someone who’s not related by blood or heritage to anyone buried there.
Something Smells Fishy in Massachusetts
The Top Secret Files; This information was NOT simply something a junior enlisted Airman gained access to so he could show off to his friends.
Minarchy and The Last Frontier
As Ronald Reagan once astutely pointed out, if it moves, they tax it; if it keeps moving, they regulate it; and if it stops moving, they subsidize it.
Politics in the 21st Century: Are we blowing the Dream? Part 2
The Biden Administration Gets More and More Inventive in Making up Things to Turn the Ship Around-but Mostly Keeps Digging
Bud Light flap offers a road map for taking our country back
In a sane world, Alissa Heinerscheid, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, would be out of a job following her disastrous decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to promote sales of a product that has appealed to working-class, ordinary, and decidedly unwoke people for generations. The move has led to a boycott …